Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B
Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B is a language model from Qwen released on Nov 12, 2024. It reads text and writes text, with a 33K token context window and up to 33K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.10, 0% less than fresh input.
It supports prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.10 / $0.10 per 1M
- Context
- 33K
- Max output
- 33K
- Released
- Nov 12, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.10 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.10 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.10 / 1M tokens | 0% off input |
| Cache write | $0.10 / 1M tokens |
What Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Temperature
temperature
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Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B questions
How much does the Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B API cost?
$0.10 per million input tokens and $0.10 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.10. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B?
32,768 tokens of input, and it can write up to 32,768 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Does Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B support tool calling?
Not through the standard tools parameter. For an agent that calls your APIs, pick a model from the alternatives below that does.
Is Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B released?
Nov 12, 2024.
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Building on Qwen2.5-Coder-0.5B?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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